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2013

Title:	Showa. 1926-1939 = a history of Japan / Shigeru Mizuki ; translation by Zack Davisson.
Format:	Book
Author:	Mizuki, Shigeru, 1922-2015 artist, author.
Edition:	First paperback edition.
Publisher, Date:	[Montréal, Québec] : Drawn & Quarterly, 2013.
Description:	533 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Summary:	First volume of Shigeru Mizuki's meticulously researched historical portrait of twentieth century Japan. This volume deals with the period leading up to World War II, a time of high unemployment and other economic hardships caused by the Great Depression. Mizuki's photo-realist style effortlessly brings to life Japan of the 1920s and 1930s, depicting bustling city streets and abandoned graveyards with equal ease.
Language:	In English. Translated from the Japanese.
Subjects:	Japan -- History -- 1926-1945 -- Comic books, strips, etc. Japan -- Social life and customs -- 1912-1945 -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Genre:	Autobiographical comics. Historical comics. Graphic novels. Comics (Graphic works)

Other Author:	Davisson, Zack, translator.
Other Title:	Komikku Shōwa-shi. English
Notes:	Chiefly illustrations. Translation of: Komikku Shōwa-shi. "Story continues in Showa 1939-1944"--Page 514. "This book is presented in the traditional Japanese manner and is meant to be read from right to left. The cover at the opposite end is considered the front of the book"--Page 534.
Contents:	1926-1939 -- 1939-1944 -- 1944-1953

LCCN:	2013464735
ISBN:	9781770461352 (pbk.) 1770461353 (pbk.)
Other Number:	841710266
Control Number:	3345743

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